Risk assessment at abandoned tin mine in Sungai Lembing, Pahang, Malaysia

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 14 E, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-9

  Alshaebi, Fares Yahya ^a   Yaacob, Wan Zuhairi Wan ^a   Samsudin, Abdul Rahim ^a   Alsabahi, Esmail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Abandoned mining; Heavy metals; Sungai Lembing; Tailings; Tin mine

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINING; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONTROL MEASURES; FLOWING STREAMS; GROUND WATERS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; MALAYSIA; MINE WASTES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PROCESSING ACTIVITIES; REMEDIATION MEASURES; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIONS; SUNGAI LEMBING; TIN MININGS; WASTE ROCK DUMPS; WATER TRANSPORTATIONS;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; HEAVY WATER; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD DEPOSITS; METALS; MINE TRANSPORTATION; MINES; MINING; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TAILINGS; TAILINGS DISPOSAL; TIN; TIN MINES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ABANDONED MINE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS; TIN; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 65549142112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10893032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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